#1Famous people · Knowsley, Merseyside
10 famous people were born in Knowsley, most of them since 1970
At the top of the list is the English painter Christopher Wood, covered in 11 languages. From John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl in 1660 to Harry Perritt in 2000, the births cover 340 years. The biggest group are athletes: 5.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Christopher Wood
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1660
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
Youngest
2000
Harry Perritt
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Knowsley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Knowsley’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Knowsley
First, Christopher Wood (11 languages), then John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (10) and William Tyrer Gerrard (4).
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#2Politics & Law
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
1660–1724Scottish politician and noble (1660-1724)
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Science & Medicine
William Tyrer Gerrard
1831–1865British botanist (1831-1865)
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Knowsley is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 5 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Knowsley
The other 7 span the years 1976 to 2000.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Liverpool lists the most people: 2,441.
Liverpool · 4 miJohn Lennon & 2,440 more
St Helens · 4 miDavid Yates & 223 more
Bootle · 5 miJamie Carragher & 72 more
Huyton with Roby · 2 miRex Harrison & 44 more
Prescot · 3 miSteven Gerrard & 39 moreABAintree · 4 miAndy Burnham & 7 more
Litherland · 6 miRoger McGough & 5 moreDORainford · 4 miDanny O'Donnell & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Knowsley
Who is the most famous person from Knowsley?
Christopher Wood (English painter (1901-1930)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl and William Tyrer Gerrard.
How many famous people were born in Knowsley?
10 people born in Knowsley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Knowsley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 10. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Knowsley?
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, born in 1660. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Knowsley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Knowsley’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Christopher Wood: Christopher Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl: Thomas Murray, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Tyrer Gerrard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lennon: Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Yates: Joella Marano, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Carragher: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rex Harrison: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Gerrard: Эдгар Брещанов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger McGough: Serine Ben Brahim, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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